Euphaedra cinnamomea is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Described as a form of Euphaedra preussi form. nov. Male Has above all the green areas cinnamon colour washed with blue, and a large patch of blue above tornal area of hindwing. Habitat. Kongour Forest, Manyema, Congo Free State (R. Grauer), 1 male.

Taxonomy

Raised to species by Hecq Euphaedra cinnamomea Rothschild, 1918. [3] Seen as a synonym of Euphaedra castanea Berger, 1981 in Ackery et al.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. ^ Hecq, 1984. Lambillionea 84: 9-16, 23-28.
  4. ^ Ackery P. R. et al. Carcasson's African butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical region. East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1995., 1999ISBN 10: 0643055614 / ISBN 13: 9780643055612


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